William Lewis

This entertaining book follows the travels of Americans Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, explorers of the American West. Historical information and high-interest fact boxes are presented in an entertaining tabloid style that guides readers through a voyage of discovery.

In Inghilterra tutti conoscevano lo zelo con cui William Gladstone adempiva alla pia missione di redimere le prostitute. Trasformato in solerte passeggiatore, le adescava sui marciapiedi e le conduceva negli "asili" allestiti dalla moglie che si occupava poi del loro riscatto secolare e ultraterreno. Un simile spunto non poteva sfuggire all'occhio ilare e malizioso di Roy Lewis, che qui escogita un incontro peripatetico fra Gladstone e l'autore di una scandalosa autobiografia vittoriana, "La mia vita segreta", pubblicata con lo pseudonimo di Walter. Attraverso di lui, Gladstone conosce Cora Pearl, celebre cortigiana e amante di Napoleone III. Ma che accadrà nel loro colloquio notturno in un albergo vicino Victoria Station?

Several Eloquence releases have celebrated the pellucid timbre and vivid characterisationof the British soprano Jennifer Vyvyan. 'A treasury to treasure' was the BBC Music Magazine's verdict on 'Songs of England' (4825045), a L'OiseauLyre recital from 1953. Four years later she took part in the first complete recording of Purcell's masque 'The Fairy Queen' (reissued as 4827449), where again her shapely phrasing and sharply etched tone-painting drew critical praise. As a founding member of the English Opera Group, Vyvyan had by then become a favouritesoprano for Benjamin Britten, who created a string of roles for her: 'Queen of Aldeburgh', she was called by her colleague, the baritone Thomas Hemsley.